The 5 Basic Principles of Scuba Diving. (Be an efficient diver!)

In this episode Lyell will introduce you to what he calls a "Tasmanian Devil" scuba diver. A diver with very poor form, that significantly affects his efficiency as he dives. Not only does it not look good, but that diver will spend much less time underwater compared to divers who utilize the "5 Basic Principles of Scuba Diving" to their fullest. Scuba divers who use these principles will make for excellent divers, with great efficiency and spend much more time doing what they love. This is the beginning of new series of videos where we will look in depth at each of these principles of scuba diving, and apply them in a “real world” fashion on how we utilize them during an entire dive, from the descent, to the bottom portion of the dive, during your ascent and safety stop, until you safely reach the surface at the end of your dive!

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0:00 Tasmanian Devil underwater?
0:55 Welcome to Everything Scuba!
1:35 Let's breakdown what is going on here...
1:46 Bicycle Kicking
2:27 Diving is NOT Swimming!
2:53 Poor Buoyancy
3:16 How do fish swim?
3:39 Sucking air!
4:16 So why is this important?
4:53 The 5 Basic Principles!
5:12 Weighting
5:24 Trim
5:46 Buoyancy
6:05 Propulsion
6:22 Breathing and Breath Control
6:54 Our upcoming series!
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[roscopug]

As a surfer and lap swimmer I couldn't help myself from those arm movements in my first couple of dives. But it soon became clear to me that it's about minimum movement, reduced need for air, and maximum efficiency. Still working on how that all comes together. Other thing, was funny how watching the guy late in video calmly commencing his descent from the surface got my heart up with excitement! (pandemic lockdown has been tough)

[nathanvanwinterswyk]

This was my daughter until a Red Sea live aboard trip last summer. The divemasters warned that you want to control your buoyancy and keep your hands from flailing all over the place as it could attract sharks and other animals to you. Needless to say that when we started swimming with hammerheads she straightened right up.. ;)

[axeman]

I love this guys videos. So "to the point" and intellectual.

[hillbillyparamedic]

PADI could learn from this video series. I'm not totally opposed to lecture format buuuut, videos like this reach people and remain in memory far better then what is currently represented. Keep up the videos, and I appreciate the knowledge you give!!!

[lydialeigh]

Good stuff! Looking forward to next in the series. I still struggle a little with my kick, so all info on this is appreciated. Thanks!

[scottstefano]

Great video…love the fish example…I use it too..funny that the jaw fish in the pic over your shoulder is pretty vertical as is the turtle!!😂😂 Excellent video though!

[damo]

I look forward to the future Videos, Thanks for the good content...

[keysersoze]

This videos are exceptional! Would love to see propulsion coverage, specifically frog kicking

[BAMFSQUAD]

Bro nailed it with the reenactment 😂😂😂😂

[shootingbricks]

I was the Tasmanian devil when I was first went through the open water portion of the diver

[johnmontgomery]

Hey there did you already make the other videos in this series? If you did I don't see the link for them

[stevesscubaschool]

We just had a Divemaster come to us like that. Omg

[piumsameera]

Sir can you teach us about Halftime

[kenmh]

This demo diver is very experienced. Wing BCD, SMB etc

[alle_namen_schon_vergeben]

I just saw a fish last week swimming straight up like this: ⬆xD

[guilhermebesbati]

I feel attacked lol thank you for the tips!

[Rikocalisthenics]

Hahaha I asume you are not the diver on the photo. "walking" on front of that shipwreck

[sebastienlepage]

There is an "s" to Jacques-Yves Cousteau!

[mustanggun]

"That diver", is painful. I also fix that crap from the start. I hate to see people diving inefficiently.